SL-8 R/B - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 32751U 08014B   13137.77023225  .00016879  00000-0  42324-3 0  5427
2 32751 098.1364 035.7108 0022488 130.5145 261.8382 15.39865032286556
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2013 18:29:08
Eccentricity: 0.0022488
inclination: 98.1364°
perigee height: 431 km
apogee height: 462 km
right ascension of ascending node: 35.7108°
argument of perigee: 130.5145°
revolutions per day: 15.39865032
mean anomaly at epoch: 261.8382°
orbit number at epoch: 28655

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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